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Authors: Kara Jesella
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National Organization for Women (NOW)
Nation of Ulysses
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Newhouse, Si
New Kids on the Block
Newsday
Newsweek
New York
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New York Press
New York Review of Magazines, The
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Nickelodeon
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Nordell, Jessica
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National Organization for Women (NOW)
Nation of Ulysses
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Newhouse, Si
New Kids on the Block
Newsday
Newsweek
New York
(magazine)
New Yorker, The
New York Press
New York Review of Magazines, The
New York Times, The Magazine
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Nickelodeon
Nirvana
Nordell, Jessica
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
Noxell Corporation
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Oates, Joyce Carol
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On the Waterfront
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Our Bodies, Ourselves
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O'Brien, Virginia
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Our Bodies, Ourselves
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Page, Bettie
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Parks, Gordon
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Perry, Luke
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Plakias, Anastasia Cole
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Pop, Iggy
Portland Mercury
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Pozner, Jennifer
Prada
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Publishers Weekly
Pulitzer Prize
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Page, Bettie
Paglia, Camille
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Parker, Dorothy
Parks, Gordon
Patterson, Sala
Paylor, Diane
Pearl Jam
Pengilly, Kirk
Perry, Luke
Petersen Publishing
Peterson, Alicia
Pettibon, Raymond
Pfeffer, Danny
Phair, Liz
Phillips, Chynna
Phoenix, River
Pierson, Kate
Plakias, Anastasia Cole
Planned Parenthood
Playboy
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Pop, Iggy
Portland Mercury
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Pozner, Jennifer
Prada
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feminism of
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readers and
and sale of
Sassy
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talk show hosted by
Procter & Gambleadvertisers and
and boycott by religious right
celebrity status of
in Chia Pet
“Diary” column of
dieting stories and
feminism of
hiring of staff by
Homeboy
staff and
Jane
magazine launched by
management approach of
nose ring of
promotional video of
readers and
and sale of
Sassy
at Sterling Forest retreat
talk show hosted by
Publishers Weekly
Pulitzer Prize
Pulp Fiction
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
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R.E.M.
Republican Party
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Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
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Richter, Gerhard
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Rove, Karl
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Sassiest Boy in America Contest (SBIA)
Sassiest Girl in American Contest (SGIA)
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Schroeder, Amy
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Sebadoh
Second Wave feminism
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See Hear zine shop
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Style
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Sassiest Girl in American Contest (SGIA)
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Saturday Night Live
Saved by the Bell
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Say Anything
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Entertainment Weekly
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on Jane's celebrity status
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on feminism
on Jane's celebrity status
on reader-produced issue
Schroeder, Amy
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
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circulation of
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Shakespeare, William
Shapira, Roni
Shelley, Steve
Shepherd, Julianne
Shop, Etc.
Shue, Andrew
Silent Scream, The
Simpson, O. J.
Singles
Sloan
Slowdive
Smart, Amy
Smashing Pumpkins
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Smith, Erin
Smith, Ethan
Smith College
Social Distortion
Sojourner
Sonic Youth
Special Ed
Spelling, Tori
Spice Girls
Spin
Spungen, Nancy
Spy
Stanton, Jeff
Steinem, Gloria
Sting
Stipe, Michael
Stoller, Debbie
Stoltz, Eric
Style
Sub Pop Records
Success
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Summers, Anne
Superchunk
Super Hate Jr.
Svenonius, Ian
Swarthmore College
Swayze, Patrick
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Teenage
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To Tell the Truth
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Without You I'm Nothing
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Wang, Richard
Warnick, Melody
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Weeks, Bobby
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Weinberg, Max
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Whitman, Walt
Wilde, Oscar
Wildmon, Donald
Williams, R. A.
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Wintour, Anna
Without You I'm Nothing
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Yu, Tae Won
Yurman, David
Zappa, Dweezil
Zappa, Moon Unit
Zeises, Lara
Zeisler, Andi
Zappa, Moon Unit
Zeises, Lara
Zeisler, Andi
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jesella, Kara, [date]
How Sassy changed my life : a love letter to the greatest teen magazine of all time / by Kara Jesella and Marisa Meltzer.â1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-571-21185-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-571-21185-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Teenage girlsâUnited StatesâAttitudes. 2. Sassy (New York, N.Y.: 1988)âHistory. 3. FeminismâUnited States. I. Meltzer, Marisa, [date] II. Title.
HQ798.J39 2007
305.235'20973âdc22
305.235'20973âdc22
2006030415
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